Just ran across the new experimental compiler Matz is working on that compiles Ruby to standalone executables. Sounds pretty performant but it’s very early days. Anyone play with it yet? GitHub - matz/spinel · GitHub kind of curious what some of your takes are since Crystal initially seemed to be a “compiled Ruby.”
need to also look at GitHub - rubys/roundhouse: Rails as a specification; the deployment target is a build flag · GitHub , and GitHub - rubys/roundhouse: Rails as a specification; the deployment target is a build flag · GitHub , roundhouse takes rails and outputs different backends including Crystal, railcar take ruby and outputs Crystal , look at some of these blog posts, https://intertwingly.net/blog/